In this “Defending Your Life” scenario, Vito Marcantonio–a real-life congressman that represented East Harlem throughout the 1940's–is temporarily released from purgatory to appear before a modern-day audience to prove that he is worthy to be acquitted of spending eternity in limbo.
Playwright and performer Roberto Ragone, adept in improvisational, sketch, satirical, musical, rant and mockumentary comedies, embodies all the characters depicted in The Purgatory Trial of Vito Marcantonio, including FDR and his own grandmother.
